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Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 307-312, 2000
© 2000 Medical Council on Alcoholism

STRESSORS AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION

BEGOÑA SAN JOSÉ1,2,*, HANS A. M. VAN OERS3, H. DIKE VAN DE MHEEN1,2, HENK F. L. GARRETSEN1 and JOHAN P. MACKENBACH2

1 Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam (IVO), Heemraadssingel 194, 3021 DM Rotterdam,
2 Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical School, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam and
3 RIVM, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Received 13 September 1999; first review notified 31 January 2000; accepted 2 February 2000

The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between negative life events and chronic stressors and drinking behaviour. Data suggested that some life events (getting divorced) and some chronic stressors (financial difficulties, unfavourable marital status, and unfavourable employment status) were positively related to abstinence among men and women. Furthermore, some life events (being a victim of a crime, decrease in financial position, divorce or reporting two or more life events) were positively associated with heavy drinking among men. Chronic stressors, such as unfavourable marital status and unfavourable employment status, were also related to heavy drinking among both men and women. Results presented here suggest that people under stressful conditions are more likely to either abstain or drink heavily rather than to drink lightly or moderately.


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